The village that vanished / Ann Grifalconi ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grifalconi, Ann, author.

Contributor:

Nelson, Kadir, illustrator.

Puffin Books, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Local Philadelphia : Hakim's Bookstore Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yao (African people)--History--Juvenile fiction.

Yao (African people).

Escapes--Juvenile fiction.

Escapes.

Slave trade--Juvenile fiction.

Slave trade.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Juvenile fiction.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Black people--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Juvenile fiction.

Black people.

Yao (African people)--History--Fiction.

Escapes--Fiction.

Slave trade--Fiction.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Fiction.

Blacks--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Fiction.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Puffin Books, 2004.

Summary:

In southeastern Africa, a young Yao girl and her mother find a way for their fellow villagers to escape approaching slave traders.

Notes:

Originally published in the U.S.A.: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0142401900

9780142401903

1415571074

9781415571071

OCLC:

57425675